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Walmart thread spinoff - Do you remember your first time going to the WalMark?
Posted on 3/4/17 at 11:43 pm
Posted on 3/4/17 at 11:43 pm
The first one I ever went to was about 1984 in Clearwater, FL (I don't even think they were in Louisiana yet, or barely).
This was when Sam Walton was still a live. He made it a point to sell American made goods. The store was awesome, clean, etc. This was also before it had groceries.
His food stores were called "Food for Less". I have only seen them in Arkansas.
I bet you he turned over in his grave when he saw what his family did to his life's work, being the largest importer of Chinese shite.
He was never about the money, even though he was richest man in America at the time of his death.
This was when Sam Walton was still a live. He made it a point to sell American made goods. The store was awesome, clean, etc. This was also before it had groceries.
His food stores were called "Food for Less". I have only seen them in Arkansas.
I bet you he turned over in his grave when he saw what his family did to his life's work, being the largest importer of Chinese shite.
He was never about the money, even though he was richest man in America at the time of his death.
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Posted on 3/4/17 at 11:46 pm to theantiquetiger
Whenever the one at Cortana was built (1986?)
quote:What blows my mind is that Walton actually knew J.C. Penney
This was when Sam Walton was still a live
Posted on 3/4/17 at 11:49 pm to Kafka
Probably around 2000-2001 visiting Orlando.
Posted on 3/4/17 at 11:50 pm to theantiquetiger
I met the first ever door greeter. that MF asked to see my receipt 
Posted on 3/4/17 at 11:52 pm to theantiquetiger
It was around 83-84 when they opened one up in my hometown. Back then they didn't have groceries. What's funny is they closed that one down back in the mid90s and opened up a Super Walmart to replace it. But I can still remember how the old one was laid out.
Posted on 3/4/17 at 11:55 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:ironic, since his kids are some of the country's greatest beneficiaries of NAFTA.
This was when Sam Walton was still a live. He made it a point to sell American made goods.
Posted on 3/4/17 at 11:58 pm to theantiquetiger
Went to Patterson, La. to visit my aunt in Mid 1980's. My aunt was the manager at thebakery/concession/deli in the new walmart. She retired with a shite ton of walmart stock and doing very well in retirement now.
Posted on 3/4/17 at 11:58 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:Ol' Roy RIP
when Sam Walton was still a live
Posted on 3/5/17 at 12:02 am to FLBooGoTigs1
quote:
Went to Patterson, La. to visit my aunt in Mid 1980's. My aunt was the manager at thebakery/concession/deli in the new walmart.
Baw, that's Bayou Vista!
Posted on 3/5/17 at 12:02 am to airfernando
quote:
His food stores were called "Food for Less". I have only seen them in Arkansas.
This is incorrect. Their home office was also in Bentonville, but Sam did not own it anywhere near 1984. I believe he bought them out around 1989. Not sure what happened to food 4 less after that, but you will occasionally see one every now and then.
This post was edited on 3/5/17 at 12:04 am
Posted on 3/5/17 at 12:03 am to Darth_Vader
quote:I still remember when they moved their Cheap Chinese clothes (huge profit margins and where they make their money) right next to the groceries (low profit margins, essentially a loss leader to get you into the store)
I can still remember how the old one was laid out
Ah, nostalgia...
Posted on 3/5/17 at 12:06 am to Ham Solo
quote:whatever happened to big star
Not sure what happened to food 4 less after that, but you will occasionally see one every now and then.
Posted on 3/5/17 at 12:09 am to Kafka
they had to close because walmarks came in and undercut everybody until they closed. then they raised prices like the were supposed to. do you even walmark?
Posted on 3/5/17 at 12:14 am to Kafka
quote:
I still remember when they moved their Cheap Chinese clothes (huge profit margins and where they make their money) right next to the groceries (low profit margins, essentially a loss leader to get you into the store)
Ah, nostalgia...
The ironic thing about Walmart is I can remember back in the 80s, they were all about "Made in the USA" and how they were creating American jobs. They don't talk about that much now.
Posted on 3/5/17 at 12:22 am to Darth_Vader
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The ironic thing about Walmart is I can remember back in the 80s, they were all about "Made in the USA" and how they were creating American jobs. They don't talk about that much now.
That's just how you have to play the game if you want to be competitive though. If they were still made here they would cost a fortune and invite other companies to undercut them with foreign made goods. Most of their apparel manufacturing is getting ready to be done in Vietnam. You are about to see Vietnam become a major player in manufacturing in the next decade.
Posted on 3/5/17 at 12:23 am to theantiquetiger
Summer of '81, I was working for a pipeline company and we'd clear right of way across the southern part of Louisiana. That's back when Wal-Mart was keeping out of the larger towns, so I'd never seen one. They had just expanded into south Louisiana. We were in some tiny town and stopped in.
I remember looking at the polo-shirts and being amazed that they were like half the price of any cheap polo shirt that I'd ever seen. We couldn't get over how cheap everything was.
I remember looking at the polo-shirts and being amazed that they were like half the price of any cheap polo shirt that I'd ever seen. We couldn't get over how cheap everything was.
Posted on 3/5/17 at 12:26 am to fatboydave
quote:you mean do I even Blockbuster
they had to close because walmarks came in and undercut everybody until they closed. then they raised prices like the were supposed to. do you even walmark?
Posted on 3/5/17 at 1:23 am to theantiquetiger
I think the first one I went to was at Cortana in the late 1980s. It had rubberized reddish/orange floor in some parts with a truncated dome pattern so people would not slip.
That's all I remember except that it was a lot smaller than the newer Wal Marts.
That's all I remember except that it was a lot smaller than the newer Wal Marts.
This post was edited on 3/5/17 at 1:26 am
Posted on 3/5/17 at 1:44 am to theantiquetiger
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I bet you he turned over in his grave when he saw what his family did to his life's work, being the largest importer of Chinese shite.
I bet you that rich old frick would have a boner after he saw those goddam Chinese profits.
Posted on 3/5/17 at 1:50 am to Darth_Vader
quote:
The ironic thing about Walmart is I can remember back in the 80s, they were all about "Made in the USA" and how they were creating American jobs. They don't talk about that much now.
Because most Americans these days would go to another store and by the cheap China made shite.
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